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Last time-

"When we escaped twelve years ago we weren't the only ones that left, the girls came with us." Kai told them.

"So you've been looking after them since then?" Miguel asked indignantly.

"Well more often than not they were looking after us." Tala joked.

"Look, we aren't going to tell you anything about them but if they want you to know we have no problem with it." Kai added to Tala's brief explanation.

Both Brooklyn and Miguel nodded.

"You might as well come in." Tala offered, there was no point in being rude now was there?

Lillie came to the entrance when she heard the boys coming in but was shocked when she saw Miguel and Brooklyn enter behind them.

"Why are they still here?" Lillie demanded looking well and truly pissed.

"Lil, they aren't the enemy." Tala offered her a half smile and a shrug. Lillie didn't reply, just glared at Miguel and Brooklyn before storming off to find Max.

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Chapter 11

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Lillie sat in her room wishing she hadn't been so childish, why had she acted like a two year old? God she really needed to grow up but there was something about those bloody boys that brought out the worst in her. Up until this point Lillie had managed to control her urge to act childishly but, somehow, them invading her new person space, her new home something had snapped. They were uninvited interlopers and Lillie just wanted them gone.

There was a knock on the door bringing Lillie out of sulking, actually sulking wasn't quite right but then she couldn't really name what she was feeling, that had always been something she had struggled with. Naming what she was feeling. "What?" she called through the door in a low husky voice.

Tala's voice came through the door, previously he and Kai discussed about who was going to go and talk to Lillie. Kai had finally agreed to let Tala go, Tala had argued that it was only fair that he went to get Lillie, Kai had taken care of Jerry ever since he had arrived and now it was his turn to talk some responsibility for the girls, like he had so many years ago. "Lillie, can I talk to you?" Tala asked his hand resting in the door knob, waiting to be given permission before he entered a room in his own home. In a way it felt odd but he wouldn't have had it any other way, Lillie commanded respect with her quiet nature and calm manner for her to storm off like something must really be bothering her.

"I guess." Lillie called back still not getting up to open the door.

Tala twisted the doorknob before peeping inside the room, Lillie sat on the bed with several books spread out before her. As Tala got closer he noticed that the books were actually sketch books and that the drawings on the crisp white pages that he could see were very good. Expert lines of different leads and charcoals formed in-depth drawings that were completely unique.

"Did you do all these?" Tala asked looking down at the pictures with some awe. Shifting so he could get a better look Tala twisted his head from side to side and shoved his hands in his pockets to appear nonchalant.

"Why are you here Tala?" Lillie had figured that is was a little nicer than saying 'what do you want?' She had a strong urge to snap her art books shut, even though Tala seemed to like them to Lillie it was like being looked at when she was naked, it felt too raw and exposed, before her and now Tala lay her soul on those white pages, the only other person who had ever seen her work was her brother, Kai and he had been very persistent with her to actually get to see them. Sure he had been impressed but it was Kai, he loved her and he would have thought her drawings were good if they were stick people, but now with Tala looking at them made her feel exposed.

"Ha?" Tala asked still looking at the pictures.

"Why are you here?" Lillie made a move to close all of the books, once they were beside her she turned back to Tala. "Why are you here Tala?" Lillie asked yet again.

"You're upset, I came to see if you are alright." Tala sat down on the edge of the bed and looked around the room, Jerry had done a good job decorating the room.

"I'm not upset, I'm pissed off! They have no right to be here." Lillie told him in a clear voice with no real emotional tone.

"Lillie, a couple of years ago Brooklyn and Miguel helped us out, you brother and I were in deep shit with Biovolt and they hid us, they also helped when we brought Biovolt down." This really wasn't Tala's strong point and he was having trouble explaining the way things were to Lillie.

"Well you didn't do a very good job now did you? Tala I don't know what it is but I just don't trust them, there is something about them that doesn't sit well with me." Lillie fiddled with her sketch books that sat beside her, it was hard to put into words just how passionately she felt about Brooklyn and Miguel without making an ass out of herself.

"Look, they aren't going to be here for long, they are actually leaving tomorrow when the bus comes back. Are you going to stay in here until they go or are you going to come out?" Tala asked.

Lillie shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know."

"Look, how about we go somewhere for the afternoon? We could go and get a coffee or something, we could see a movie?" Tala's voice was calm and confident but inside his heart was pounding, he wished she would hurry up and answer.

A coy smile played across Lillie's lips. "If I didn't know any better I would think you were asking me out. But then again I do know you. I would love to go Tala, give me a few minutes to get ready and then we can go okay?" Lillie swung her legs down so they were hanging over the edge of the bed beside Tala.

"Sure thing." Tala stood and headed towards the door, his heart was still pounding, had Lillie ever so subtly just jilted him? Had Tala Valkov just been rejected?

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(A/N Anime, my anti drug. I was having writers block so I decided to watch a beyblades dvd, so right now when I'm writing this I am sitting on my brothers' bed watching Tyson get yelled at by Hillary on a big screen tv and the sad thing is, when I heard the opening song it made me smile.)

Jerry sat in between Ray and Kai, Brooklyn and Miguel sat opposite her on the other sofa in the den. Jerry couldn't think of anywhere else she would rather not be, in between her so called boyfriend and the guy who had kissed her the day before and to top it all off she had two people she hated in her house.

Jerry was thinking of a way to get away when a loud crash came from the kitchen. On instinct Jerry jumped to her feet, alert and ready. Brooklyn and Miguel raised an eyebrow at Kai before addressing Jerry, "It's nice to see you haven't forgotten your training."

Instead of displaying the shock she was feeling Jerry just gave a wicked smirk. "And what would you know about my training?" Years of Biovolt training plus the training that she and Tala did kept the two of them in peek physical and mental form. Lillie and Kai did a similar program with each branching off into a speciality.

"Quite a lot actually." Miguel smirked allowing his eyes to do a quick scan of Jerry's body which no one in the room missed.

"I very much doubt that, all you know about me is what you bullied out of Tyson and what Kai and Tala ordained to tell you. All in all, not very much. Now if you will excuse me I am going to go and see what that noise was." Jerry gave both Brooklyn and Miguel a level stare before heading towards the door. "Oh and if you ever look at me like that again I will have Tala maim you, I would do it myself but then I would actually have to touch you." As Jerry left the room she heard both Kai and Ray laughing.

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Tyson and Max looked at one another with sheepish glances, this really wasn't good. "Maybe if we leave now they wont know it was us." Tyson offered.

"Tyson, you ball had your name on it." Max reminded his friend, Max was often considered the skittish one mainly because he tried to spend most of his life high on sugar and Tyson was considered stupid but really neither was true. Max's easygoing and light heartedness gave him his childish reputation where as Tyson's open mouth then think philosophy gave him the reputation of an idiot.

"TYSON!" a loud voice called from the kitchen.

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Jerry stood with her hands on her hips looking at the broken glass that littered the kitchen floor, a cool breeze blew through the now broken window rustling the curtain.

"Ha, yeah?" Tyson's slightly nervous voice came through the window. Jerry bent to pick up the ball that now lay at her feet.

"Can you come here please?" Jerry went to open the kitchen door that lead out into the back yard. "Max you too please." Jerry had a bright smile on her face the whole time. Tyson and Max made their way over to Jerry, taking off their baseball mitts as they went.

"Now I'm going to call the insurance company then the security company to let them know that we have a broken window and while I do that you two are going to clean up the glass."

"You're not mad?" Max asked looking totally innocent.

"No, it was an accident, I know you didn't mean to break my window, besides it got me out of that room. I could really use a cigarette right about now though." Jerry tossed the ball back to Tyson. "Next time, use the park." Both boys gave a nervous laugh as they rubbing the back of their heads.

"You don't smoke." Tyson said imputing some of his wisdom.

"No but it's moments like these I would like too." Jerry tossed the ball back to Tyson. Jerry left the kitchen, heading to the office where she sat herself down in Tala's leather swivel chair and picked up the cordless phone. Rifling through their address book she found the two numbers she was after.

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"So did you have a good time?" Tala and Lillie walked beside one another as they walked around the mall.

"Yeah I did, thankyou." As Lillie walked she bumped shoulder with Tala, well she would have if she was a foot taller.

"We should do it again some time." Tala looked down at Lillie's pretty face to see how she would take his suggestion.

"Sure, but don't we have training tomorrow, and from then on until the tournament?" Lillie looked up at him with a huge smile.

"Yeah but I'm sure we can schedule a day off." Tala laughed lightly.

"Sounds good to me." Lillie grabbed Tala's hand and began to swing it between them.

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"Hey Kai?" Jerry was finally off the phone and now had a question.

Kai looked up from where he sat reading 'Jack the Ripper.' "Yeah?" Kai rested the book in his lap.

"While I was listening to endless elevator music I had an idea, you and Tala are so eager to keep me and Lillie out of competitions and the spot light, why don't you just use two people from the BBA Training Squad?" Jerry went to sit down on the carpet infront of him.

Kai smirked looking down at Jerry. "Do you really need to ask?"

"Why, was that a dumb question?" Jerry looked puzzled.

"They aren't good enough Jerry." Jerry nodded. "Oh, okay it was just a thought."

"Good thinking though, nice to see you're on the ball." Kai gave Jerry a pat on the head a lot like when he had dismissed back in Tyson's bathroom.

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Kai and Tala sat at the kitchen table late into the night, drinking coffee and planning the training that would commence the following day. Max, Tyson, Ray, Kenny, Jerry and Lillie were all asleep in their respective rooms while Miguel and Brooklyn were sprawled out on the living room floor on makeshift beds that Jerry had made up for them.

"You know, Jerry called me Bear the other day." Tala looked up from where he had been making notes on an old exercise book.

"She what?" Tala was shocked, as far as he knew Jerry hadn't ever remembered anything from before she got ill.

"She doesn't remember anything, she said it slipped out, but it's still something I guess." Kai sighed and rubbed his eyes, it was late and he was very tired.

"You know what, I think we should do some basic survival training to start off with. There is an old unused army base not too far from here with woodland all around. We could use it as a base and work from there, try to make it like the ones we use to go on in Russia. See if anything triggers any memories." Tala offered his idea.

"Yeah it might actually work, besides Tyson, Max and Kenny could use some toughening up." Kai admitted.

"What and Ray doesn't?" Tala smirked.

"No Ray is nearly as tough as us." Kai admitted.

"What do you think about Jerry and Ray? I mean I've been asleep for nearly a week and it was kind of weird how he came with us." Tala questioned.

"I don't really know, they are good friends but as for something more, I don't know." Kai told him, actually Kai did have a feeling that there was something there but after him kissing Jerry the day before he thought it best to throw up smoke screens.

"What are you guys talking about?" Jerry came into the kitchen rubbing her eyes looking totally dishevelled in a pair of pink pyjama pants and a pink bra. (A/N look I know it sounds a little scanty but that is what I slept in last night so meh!) Jerry went to the sink and poured herself a glass of water before going and sitting on her brothers' lap.

We're planning the training for tomorrow." Tala told her as he smoothed her hair. Jerry picked up the exercise book from infront of him and read it over. "Cool, sounds like a camping trip." Jerry put the book down before picking up her glass of water again. Once it was finished she placed it back on the table before snuggling into Tala's chest once again.

Kai watched the interaction between Tala and Jerry with a small smile, it was so them! Though he couldn't help how every so often his eyes would come to rest on Jerry's chest. It wasn't long before Jerry had fallen asleep once again.

"So we're taking the very basics, no food, just cloths and water. Everyone carries their own things, we make camp at night. It should be fun watching Tyson, Max and Kenny try to hunt." Tala and Kai both laughed at the image that little gem produced.

"Yeah, anyway I'm going to put Jerry to bed or she will have a sore neck in the morning." Tala starched his arms but quickly returned to his original position as Jerry began to slide of his lap. Kai laughed once again.

"Do you want me to take her up?" Kai offered standing and stretching.

"I don't see why not, my legs have started to go to sleep anyway." Tala pushed back in his chair so Kai could pick up Jerry.

Once Jerry was in Kai's arms he shifted so she was easier to carry, saying goodnight to Tala Kai left the room and headed towards the stairs. When he got to Jerry's room he stopped, he had never been in Jerry's room before, never even seen inside it. It was nice to say the least, it was a lot like Lillie's room, no expense spared, the best way Kai could explain the room was classy, the room was classy. Cream walls with antique white ceilings and skirting boards and cherry wood floor boards. There was a white rug on the floor and centred on it was an antique queen size bed. On the far wall there was a built in fire place, bookshelves on either side with an embroider love seat facing the fire.

A lamp beside the bed let out a soft glow, Kai carried Jerry over to the bed before laying her down and pulling the covers up to her chin. Kissing her on the forehead Kai whispered goodnight before leaving the room, closing the door behind him.

As Kai walked down the hall towards his room it struck him just how similar Lillie and Jerry actually were, even though they had grown up on different sides of the world they hadn't lost who they were and that he was proud of. The girls were down to earth, smart, caring and the most important they were happy. Just before he turned in Kai stuck hid head in Lillie's room to check that she was alright.

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Kai fell fully dressed on his bed, within minutes he was sound asleep. Tomorrow was going to be a long day once they got rid of Brooklyn and Miguel the plan would be explained to everyone. It should be fun.

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